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brainpicker Every few months, every writer and journalist should reread this gem by E.B. White j.mp/HPP3t7 about 6 hours ago via Buffer Retweeted by frindley and 73 others
JennaPrice . Hahahahaha. The best @annabelcrabb column ever and that's saying something: how to Finnish speeding Clive smh.com.au/opinion/societ… about 6 hours ago via web Retweeted by frindley and 1 other
@beck_mac Catching some sunshine. 8:26 PM May 25th via Echofon in reply to beck_mac
@beck_mac Was on the other side second session: balancing out the neck muscles. :) 8:12 PM May 25th via Echofon in reply to beck_mac
@beck_mac In red. Unless you count the purple scarf. (Regretting not bringing the gloves!) 3:46 PM May 25th via Echofon in reply to beck_mac
Decided not to bring gloves or beret to #tedxsydney Will I regret it? #topof18C 3:17 PM May 25th via Echofon
Off to #tedxsydney – looking forward to hearing the Sydney Children's Choir this year. ping @gondwanachoirs 3:15 PM May 25th via Echofon
AnnaJMcDougall Jonathan Holloway: "If my marketing team says 'That's something we can sell' then I know I've got it wrong!" #msummit 11:26 PM May 24th via Twitter for iPad Retweeted by frindley and 3 others
nicomuhly Tarongalîla Zoo 7:21 PM May 24th via Twitter for iPhone Retweeted by frindley and 1 other
@harryfiddler Made me smile. 6:55 PM May 24th via Echofon in reply to harryfiddler
@gordonkerry Oh I was just making that up. ;-) 7:54 PM May 23rd via Echofon in reply to gordonkerry
@gordonkerry Well, yes, there isn't always a consistent model. 7:41 PM May 23rd via Echofon in reply to gordonkerry
adambspencer we are one, but we are many and from all the lands of earth we come - i am, u are, we are librarians #replaceawordwithlibrarian 3:39 PM May 23rd via TweetDeck Retweeted by frindley and 16 others
…As in, "funding for the Australian symphonies" instead of Australian orchestras or Australian symphony orchestras. 6:11 PM May 23rd via Echofon
Aussie journalist/editor types: how do we get newspapers out of habit of using "symphony" as a synonym for orchestra or symphony orchestra? 6:10 PM May 23rd via Echofon
When Googling today, click on the Google doodle in honour of Robert Moog. It works. And you can record in four-track. 3:00 PM May 22nd via Echofon
@jeevens So you'll keep maintaining your On the Tune page? 4:40 AM May 22nd via Echofon in reply to jeevens
@SarahAWalker Of the various possible devices, the Kindle has an especially long battery life; possibly because screen isn't back-lit. 7:28 PM May 21st via Echofon in reply to SarahAWalker
@ashleighbwilson Australian audiences (music/theatre/opera) still reserve the ovation as a special gesture. But opening night=special case? 7:26 PM May 21st via Echofon in reply to ashleighbwilson
@ashleighbwilson In parts of the US, all orchestral concerts end with a standing ovation. When an ovation is a habit it has little meaning. 7:24 PM May 21st via Echofon in reply to ashleighbwilson

Name Yvonne Frindle
Location Sydney, Australia
Web http://frindley.t...
Bio Harmonious wordsmith & lapsed flutist/pianist. I work for orchestras: writer, speaker, sometime concert programmer. I can throw a sheep.